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A gooseberry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We transplanted this gooseberry from the back corner of the fruit yard to the orchard. It was neglected back there and getting choked by weeds. The owners before us planted it. I knew nothing about gooseberries until I identified it one day. Today I harvested five or six tasty berries from it. They taste kind of like a kiwi fruit in berry form. The colors are so rich. The shrub has grass growing up into it, probably brought it from its earlier location. I don’t know if I’ll take the trouble to weed it or let it go. I’m suspicious about this gooseberry plant because, along with currants, it’s banned in Maine due to being a carrier of white pine blister rust. Maybe that’s what’s happening to its leaves. I didn’t have the heart to get rid of it though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was able to take a better photo of the orb weaver today due to cloud cover. I just love her web. The spider is visible in the photo at the right, but she’s camouflaged. I was trying to imagine how she makes that web – leaping from leaf to stalk to leaf, round and around? So mysterious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orb weaver in web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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